Sometimes I think I'm more of a collector than a cameraman so today I took four of my five serious compacts for a spin.

First the GH1 with my 8mm Samyang/Falcon fisheye and my new adapter (having sold my Oly one). The image has been de-fished in a program called Fisheye Hemi so resembles more of an UWA then a FE. The horizon is a giveaway.

Secondly is my Canon G5 which has been converted for infra-red. It is a 665nm filter so allows some colour info through. The first shot is how the images look straight from camera.

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In the second shot I have used the channel mixer to set red to 0 and blue to 100 in the red channel only which gives a mono look.

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In the last shot I have swapped the red and blue values for the blue as well as the red channels which 'reverses' the sky colour from reddish to bluish. The foliage in all three shots has the typical whiteish appearance.

Bill, taking out 4 cameras with their accompanying lenses is a feat! Your first has, for me, an Alice in Wonderland feel due to that fisheye dip... I keep wondering if that is a wild Australian animal at the foot of that tree? It's a cool image, but it does make me feel a bit woozy... I don't do well on roller coasters or anything that changes the horizon too much.

Seeing each of these with your descriptions of what was involved is interesting and shows off the versatility of what can be done both with the camera and your post processing. Is that a Wood Duck who is hiding his face from you? Beautiful colors!! I do like the straightforward quality of the last, of course I realize that I may be prejudiced...but the image quality and colors are awfully good.

Nic the Samyang is designed for APS-C but has a 4/3 mount so the image is cropped. BBW no animal near the tree and we call them Mountain Ducks locally although I have heard them called Wood Ducks. The trick to a level horizon with the FE is to place it in the centre (no rule of thirds :smile

Hi Bill, thanks for posting such creative photos I love the 3rd IR shot (would love to favourite it on flickr if you're on flickr) it looks so dreamy and I love the GH1 photo too - it looks very interesting because the curve makes you look at all the cars and makes me eye follow the picture (hope you know what mean), also love the colour/PP - I could never get good results out of my Panny g1's files.

Thanks for the comments guys. Mal as I'm sure you know using an R72 requires a tripod and an exposure of several seconds. Some PP tips are given at the Spencer's Cameras website.

Mark I was planning on converting a Pen at a cost of some $350-$400 (plus the value of the body) but saw the Canon on eBay being sold by a guy doing his own conversions and all up it cost me $280. I also have a WA lens for it as it only goes to 35mm.

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